WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Plain old volleyball may be fun, but hundreds of UNCW students took it up a notch this weekend for the 19th Annual Oozeball Tournament.

Oozeball is volleyball in the mud. The Wilmington Fire Department helps by spraying down the courts and getting them good and muddy. 140 teams slopped, slid and spiked their way through the ooze. The tournament is a fundraiser for UNCW’s Student Ambassadors.

“Definitely it’s a good way to come out here and enjoy the weather and to play in the mud a little bit,” said Whitney Belk, a student ambassador who also competed with her team, the Honey Boo-Boos. “The students really enjoy it, and we give out t-shirts as a part of the price to play. People just really enjoy it. Everyone wants to win Oozeball while they’re at UNCW.”

Belk said all the money raised goes back to the university through the programs the ambassadors put on for past, present and future Seahawks.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Hollywood East is buzzing as ‘Iron Man 3’ is set to fly in soon. Casting directors held an open casting call Saturday for project ‘Caged Heat.’

Hopefuls of every size, shape, age and ethnicity snaked around Independence Mall for the ‘Caged Heat’ casting call. Movie insiders say that’s the code name for ‘Iron Man 3,’ and extra hopefuls could not be more excited.

“My favorite is when he fights because he is just an awesome guy,” little David Manzer said.

“This film is one I really, really want to be even close to,” Gloria Maggio said. “I love the ‘Iron Man’ franchise, and I thought it would be fun to come here. Especially to Wilmington because everything is booming here with the movie business, so it’s so exciting.”

“I just thought it would be a lot of fun, and I heard from a friend that they are looking for people of Chinese descent, and I am one-half Chinese,” Chris Lewis said. “I figured, what the heck? I’ll give it a shot.”

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